PSYC 255 (PSYC255)

PSYC 255 Quiz 1 – Question and Answers 1. Penn and Teller used actors pretending to be professionals to convince shoppers of the benefits of magnet therapy to demonstrate the power of _______. 2. __________ is a system of challenges by which scientific claims can be verified. 3. Think about the terms science and pseudoscience. Of the following terms, which term below fits least well? 4. Belief in which of the following statements is an example of using intuition in everyday life? 5. Which of t...

PSYC 255 Quiz 5 2020(Real quiz) Course Summer 2020 PSYC 255- Test Quiz 5 Started 8/6/20 11:03 PMLATE Submitted 8/6/20 11:46 PMLATE Due Date 8/3/20 11:59 PM Status Completed Comments Due 8/3. Uploaded 8/6. Ten percent points reduction per the late policy from the Psychology Department. -6 8/7/2020 Attempt Score 60 out of 60 points Time Elapsed 43 minutes out of 1 hour Instructions • Time limit: 1 hour • 30 multiple-choice questions • Open-book/open-notes • Do not hit the BACK button as th...

Tamir et al. (2008) conducted a study to see what impact music has on participants playing computer games. The researchers had participants play computer games while listening to angry, exciting, and neutral music. The researchers then measured the participant’s performance while listening to each type of music. How many levels are there to the independent variable in this study? • Question 2 2 out of 2 points When the effects of a prior treatment condition influences subseque...

A factorial research design can be one of __________ types. Selected Answer: three • Question 2 2 out of 2 points A recent study by Dommeyer (2008) examined what factors influence whether or not people respond to a mail survey. In other words, are there factors that can influence if a person responds to a survey that he or she received in the mail? Dommeyer wanted to know if the attractiveness of the researcher (attractive and not attractive) in a cover letter would influence if pe...

PSYC 255 QUIZ 6 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS • Question 1 0 out of 2 points A __________ subjects factorial research design is a research design in which all independent variables are between subjects. • Question 2 2 out of 2 points Which of the following statements is true regarding factorial research designs? • Question 3 2 out of 2 points A researcher has created a factorial design. She has a between subjects variable and a within subjects variable...

Which of the following is not an advantage to survey research? Question 2 2 out of 2 points A(n) __________ is an in-depth observation of an individual, animal, event, or treatment method. Question 3 2 out of 2 points What is the first step to questionnaire construction? Question 4 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is an example of archival research? Question 5 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is not a suggesti...

PSYC 255 REVIEW TEST SUBMISSION: QUIZ 7 • Question 1 2 out of 2 points Tamara has just finished collecting her data for her research methods final project. Her results indicate that there is a statistically significant difference between the means of the groups. In this situation, Tamara should __________. • Question 2 0 out of 2 points Dunn, Huntsinger, Lun, and Sinclair (2018) conducted a study to explain how individuals interpret gift giving in new situati...

FALL 2019 PSYC 255-B10 LUO Question 1 2 out of 2 points A probability sampling technique in which a researcher begins by identifying subgroups and then randomly samples from each group is called _____________ probability sampling. Question 2 2 out of 2 points In Kevin's study, he knows that each participant had an equal probability of being placed into each of his conditions. Kevin must have used _____________. Question 3 2 out of 2 points Linda is conducting a surv...

PSYC 255 QUIZ 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS .Question 1 2 out of 2 points Jenn believes that her writing abilities are better than John's writing abilities. If Jenn presents this as a research hypothesis, Jenn is stating what kind of research hypothesis? • Question 2 0 out of 2 points You have been discussing a research project with your friend Kevin. Kevin has told you that his research hypothesis states, the mean of population 1 is equal to the mean of population 2. How ...